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Friday, March 23, 2012

What's In the Diaper Bag?

Isaac and I had our first trip out of the house the other day, to a La Leche League meeting. It took me a while to figure out what I needed to pack in the diaper bag! I had been carrying a smaller purse with just an extra diaper for Esther in it, but now I need the bigger bag again. So, what's in the bag?

(Note: My diaper bag is the medium zip tote from Land's End. I got it for around $15. If you keep an eye out they run some great specials.)

nursing cover

changing pad (just a layer of PUL and cotton sewn together)

diaper (cloth diapers and a disposable as a back up extra)

wipes

zipper pouch containing:

nursing pads

hand sanitizer

mints

lotion

chapstick

maxi pad

bandaids

hair tie

and mommy/blog business cards,

kleenex

fruit leathers

pen

keys

wallet

wet bag

spare big sister panties in a ziploc bag

burp cloth

change of clothes

blanket

Depending on where I am going, I would grab my ring sling too. If I am traveling with all three girls, I bring a snack for each, a diaper or two for Esther, and water bottles for all.

6 comments:

I haven't carried a diaper bag since Karson has been potty trained. Instead, I just keep a change of clothes for him, and an extra paci in my purse. When he was itty bitty my diaper bag looked a lot like yours. I usually tried to carry an extra shirt for me. When Karson got older I kept a snack and a baggie with crayons and a little notebook for him to color on when we were in the grocery store. We spend a lot of time at my parents. I have found it easier to keep 'extras' of everything at their house as well. He has a change of clothes there, bath necessities, meds, pjs, and extra pacis. Of course, when sister arrives I will be back to bringing everything but the kitchen sink with me again. :)

I recently sewed a little drawstring baggie to put my ring sling in. I like to take it with me everywhere, but when I would pull it out to use it, I'd pull out half the stuff in my bag as well as loads of cracker crumbs... It's a lifesaver!

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